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Electrical Equipment

A Field Guide
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Electrical Equipment: A Field Guide by B. Koti Reddy offers a comprehensive overview of electrical machinery and components encountered in industrial plants. Covering generators, motors, transformers, cables, batteries, meters, relays, fuses, lamps, and more, it explains basic theories, key mathematical principles, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance. The guide also details rating plates and adheres to international standards such as IEC and IEEE. It is designed in clear language for field engineers, incorporates data from leading manufacturers, and highlights gaps and future research directions in electrical equipment technology.
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This volume is ideal for electrical engineers, technicians, designers, and scientists working with or researching electrical equipment in industrial settings, as well as academics adapting curricula to meet practical field requirements.

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Electrical Equipment: A Field Guide

A comprehensive guide for all the electrical equipment in plants to understand their basic theories, relevant standards, operation and maintenance, challenges, and scope for future research.

This valuable new volume is a must-have for any engineer. Covering almost all electrical equipment, such as generators, motors, transformers, cables, batteries, meters, relays, fuses, lamps, lightning arresters, circuit breakers, and so much more, it covers not only the basic theory but also mathematical equations, selection guidelines, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and many other practical applications. Equally important, it also covers all the applicable international standards, such as IEC and IEEE.

This book is written in simple language for easy understanding by field engineers. The rating plate of all the equipment is described in detail. The relevant details of the equipment have been taken from reputed manufacturers’ brochures and their operation manuals. This book serves as a guide for researchers to know the gaps in existing technologies and provides direction for future research. Academics can refer to this book to understand the field requirements and prepare their curriculum accordingly.

This groundbreaking new volume presents these topics and trends, bridging the research gap and enabling wide-scale implementation of efficient and effective operations. Whether for the veteran engineer or the student, this is a must-have for any library.

This outstanding new volume:

  • Is a comprehensive, “one-stop-shop” guidebook for electrical engineers
  • Covers all the electrical machines, switchgear, meters and relays, cables, batteries, and many other types of equipment found on the shop or plant floor
  • Includes all the applicable international standards such as IEEE, IEC, NEMA, NFPA, and others
  • Lists out the gaps in the existing technology and opportunities for future research

Audience: Electrical engineers, technicians, and other designers, engineers, and scientists who work with electrical equipment.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119768944

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 November 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Wiley-Scrivener

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 10.0mm

Height: 10.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 480

About the Author

B. Koti Reddy is a scientific officer in the Department of Atomic Energy in India. His more than 30 years of experience in electrical power systems includes selection, procurement, commissioning, operation, and maintenance with various HV and LV switchgears, machines, drives, solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles, batteries, cables, measuring instruments, and protective relays. His work includes power system analysis with software tools such as E-Tap, PVSyst, Matlab and Homer Pro. He is a member of IEEE, ISTE, IAE and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers(India).

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